Chapter Summaries

Lin Chuan fused a Spirit Bone into a component to create the Sky Soaring Shuttle, a Soul Tool that could fly, attack, and protect its user. Meanwhile, the Clear Sky Sect elders learned that Tang Chen had returned and decided to lead the sect out of seclusion.

• Lin Chuan altered the Spirit Bone and fused it with the component, creating the Sky Soaring Shuttle.
• Lin Chuan demonstrated that the Sky Soaring Shuttle could fly, pierce defenses, and form a protective barrier.
• Tang San and the others admired the Soul Tool, while Tang Chen suggested Lin Chuan might forge divine artifacts if he inherited divine power.
• First Elder Tang Lie informed the Clear Sky Sect elders that Tang Chen had returned and called his return an opportunity for the sect.
• The elders agreed to leave the mountains and restore the Clear Sky Sect's former standing.

Tang Xiao warned the Great Elder that Ancestor Tang Chen might refuse to see the Clear Sky Sect elders because they had mistreated Tang Hao and failed to respect Lin Chuan, who rescued the ancestor. The Great Elder and the other elders dismissed his concerns and prepared to travel to Heaven Dou City to bring Tang Chen back.

• Tang Xiao reflected on Tang Chen's return and worried that the elders had forgotten their past treatment of Tang Hao and their contempt for Lin Chuan.
• The Great Elder, Fifth Elder, and Sixth Elder arrived in formal robes and told Tang Xiao they would go to Heaven Dou City to visit Tang Chen.
• Tang Xiao warned the Great Elder that Tang Chen might not see them, then reminded him that Lin Chuan had rescued Tang Chen and that Tang Hao had protected him.
• The Great Elder defended the elders' past decision to punish Tang Hao, while the Fifth Elder and Sixth Elder insisted Tang Chen would understand and welcome them.
• The Great Elder said he would bring Tang Long to meet Tang Chen, and Tang Xiao agreed.

Tang Long learned that Tang Chen was alive and would accompany the Clear Sky Sect elders to bring him back, while Titan brought the First Elder’s commanding letter to Tang Chen. After hearing how the elders had treated Tang Hao and Titan, Tang Chen decided to wait for their arrival.

• Tang Long was summoned by the First Elder and told to prepare for a journey to Heaven Dou City to meet the recovered Tang Chen.
• Titan received a letter ordering the Strength Clan to arrange the Clear Sky Sect elders’ reception, grew angry at its tone, and took it to Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao read the letter and agreed that the First Elder had spoken arrogantly, then passed the news to Tang Chen.
• Tang Chen asked Tang Hao what the Clear Sky Sect elders had said during his last visit, and Tang Hao recounted the events in full.
• Tang Chen condemned the elders’ arrogance and decided to wait for their arrival, then praised Tang San and Lin Chuan.

Tang Chen received the Clear Sky Sect elders at Shrek Academy, where they knelt and pleaded for his return. As the First Elder tearfully clutched Tang Chen’s hand, Tang Hao could no longer hold back his reaction.

• Tang San worried about the Clear Sky Sect’s condescending letter while Lin Chuan predicted the elders would be turned away if they kept acting superior.
• First Elder Tang Lie, the Fifth Elder, the Sixth Elder, and Tang Long arrived at Shrek Academy and asked to meet Tang Chen.
• The First Elder recognized Tang Chen and knelt before him, followed by the other visitors.
• The First Elder tearfully told Tang Chen the Clear Sky Sect had waited decades for him and grabbed his hand.
• Tang Hao could no longer hold back as he watched the First Elder plead with Tang Chen.

Tang Chen condemned Tang Ming and the Clear Sky Sect elders for their retreat, their treatment of Tang Hao, and their failure to restore the sect. Tang Xiao arrived and knelt before Tang Chen, leaving the elders’ confrontation unresolved.

• Tang Chen questioned Tang Ming’s thirty years as Grand Elder and criticized the sect’s decline and its treatment of the Strength Clan and Tang Hao.
• Tang Ming admitted that the sect had wronged Tang Hao, who calmly said he and his family had fought Spirit Hall without the sect.
• Tang Long realized Tang San’s strength far exceeded his expectations and found Lin Chuan’s aura impossible to sense.
• Tang Ming thanked Lin Chuan for saving Tang Chen and invited him to visit, but Lin Chuan declined, saying Tang Hao and Tang Chen were enough.
• Tang Xiao entered the courtyard, knelt before Tang Chen, and introduced himself as the current Sect Master of the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang Chen rejected Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders’ request that he return, saying the sect needed to change. At Shrek Academy, Flender and Titan refused to host the Clear Sky delegation, leaving the First Elder angered and without a place to stay.

• Tang Chen told Tang Xiao to rise, comforted him over the years he had endured, and dismissed his guilt about the Clear Sky Sect’s decline.
• Tang Xiao asked Tang Chen to return to the Clear Sky Sect, but Tang Chen refused and criticized the elders for their fear and their treatment of Tang Hao.
• Flender welcomed the delegation to Shrek Academy but said they would have to stay at an inn because the academy had no spare rooms.
• Lin Chuan privately approved of the snub, while Qing'er laughed at the First Elder’s anger.
• The First Elder asked Titan to house the delegation, but Titan cited construction at the Strength Clan’s base and refused.

The Clear Sky Sect elders left Shrek Academy after Tang Chen refused to return with them, while Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to spread rumors that Tang Chen and Lin Chuan threatened the Heaven Dou Empire. As the rumors stirred Heaven Dou City, Ning Fengzhi decided to go there with Bone Douluo to learn Lin Chuan’s stance.

• Tang Chen dismissed the Clear Sky Sect elders and kept Tang Xiao at Shrek Academy, so the First Elder, Fifth Elder, Sixth Elder, and Tang Long went to a hotel in Heaven Dou City.
• The First Elder admitted that the sect had wronged Tang Hao and treated Lin Chuan too lightly, then resolved to wait for Tang Chen and later beg him to return.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan to slowly spread claims that Tang Chen ruled Slaughter City and that Lin Chuan had helped him escape to threaten the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Rumors about Tang Chen spread through Heaven Dou City, prompting Flender to tell Zhao Wuji to warn Lin Chuan to be prepared.
• Ning Fengzhi worried that the Clear Sky Sect elders might target Lin Chuan, then chose to travel to Heaven Dou City with Bone Douluo to learn Lin Chuan’s attitude.

Tang Chen and Tang Xiao received healing medicine from Lin Chuan, while Tang Xiao thanked him with a modest payment. After Flender warned Lin Chuan that rumors in Heaven Dou City portrayed Tang Chen as the Slaughter King, Lin Chuan prepared to divert public attention with fresh gossip and political allegations.

• Lin Chuan gave Tang Chen and Tang Xiao medicinal soup that helped restore their strength and heal Tang Xiao's old injuries.
• Tang Xiao offered Lin Chuan a Gold Soul Coin card as thanks, and Lin Chuan accepted it.
• Flender told Lin Chuan that rumors accused Tang Chen of being the Slaughter King and claimed Lin Chuan had helped him escape to threaten the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Lin Chuan explained that denying the rumors would make people more suspicious and proposed distracting them with new gossip.
• Lin Chuan handed Flender a dossier containing allegations about Prince Xue Xing, Star Luo border movements, and a noble's son eloping with a merchant's daughter.

Lin Chuan and Ye Lingling deepened their spiritual cultivation through a soul fusion, then Ye Lingling insisted they continue with physical compatibility practice. The story left off when Dugu Yan urgently knocked at Lin Chuan’s door while Ye Lingling held onto his clothes beneath the blanket.

• Lin Chuan told Flender that he had given Xue Qinghe evidence against Xue Xing and planned to divert public attention from Tang Chen with three pieces of news.
• Ye Lingling visited Lin Chuan at night and proposed cultivating together to strengthen their spiritual resonance.
• Lin Chuan and Ye Lingling fused their souls, allowing Ye Lingling to witness his spiritual world and improving her spiritual power and Soul Power control.
• Ye Lingling claimed physical compatibility was a normal stage of cultivation, climbed into bed, and called Lin Chuan beneath the blanket.
• Dugu Yan knocked urgently at Lin Chuan’s door, and Ye Lingling grabbed his clothes to keep him from answering.

Lin Chuan hid Ye Lingling in his wardrobe when Dugu Yan came to his room, but Dugu Yan returned and admitted she wanted to spend time with him. After Dugu Yan left for good, Ye Lingling emerged from hiding and asked whether she was gone.

• Ye Lingling hid in Lin Chuan's wardrobe when Dugu Yan urgently knocked on his door.
• Dugu Yan searched Lin Chuan's room, suspected someone was hiding there, and left without finding Ye Lingling.
• Dugu Yan returned after realizing Ye Lingling had been in the room and confessed that she wanted Lin Chuan's attention.
• Dugu Yan spent time with Lin Chuan while Ye Lingling stayed concealed in the wardrobe.
• Dugu Yan told Ye Lingling to come out after she left, and Ye Lingling emerged to ask whether Dugu Yan was gone.

Ye Lingling chose to continue cultivating with Lin Chuan, while his rumors about Prince Xue Xing gave Qian Renxue grounds to move against him. Xue Xing realized Xue Qinghe was targeting him, and Xue Beng panicked as their position crumbled.

• Ye Lingling agreed to stay with Lin Chuan and continue cultivating.
• Rumors spread through Heaven Dou City that Prince Xue Xing had embezzled military funds and built a lavish private estate.
• Qian Renxue learned Lin Chuan had circulated the reports and ordered guards to summon Xue Xing and Xue Beng to the palace.
• At Xue Xing's residence, Xue Xing blamed Xue Qinghe for the attack, while Xue Beng trembled and asked what they should do.

Qian Renxue confronted Prince Xue Xing over his crimes and ordered him stripped of his title after he refused to surrender his power. In Heaven Dou City, Ning Fengzhi arrived at Shrek Academy amid rumors about Xue Xing and asked Ning Rongrong about them.

• Prince Xue Xing took Xue Beng to the palace after reassuring him that they had not yet been convicted.
• Qian Renxue offered Prince Xue Xing a chance to live if he surrendered his military authority and the names of his associates, but he could not accept.
• Qian Renxue stamped the decree stripping Prince Xue Xing of his title and ordered it delivered.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong noticed the city buzzing with rumors that Prince Xue Xing had embezzled military funds.
• Ning Fengzhi visited Shrek Academy, reunited with Ning Rongrong, and asked about the reports concerning Prince Xue Xing.

Ning Fengzhi privately assessed Lin Chuan’s role in the shifting conflict around Tang Chen, the Clear Sky Sect, Spirit Hall, and the Heaven Dou Empire. He proposed an alliance with Lin Chuan personally, leaving Lin Chuan to consider Ning Fengzhi’s high-stakes wager on his future.

• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi that Lin Chuan had directed Flender to spread new rumors to bury the old ones, and Ning Fengzhi praised what she had learned from him.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Lin Chuan to speak privately, while Tang Hao watched and Tang San suspected the Sect Master had come on important business.
• Ning Fengzhi said Tang Chen had rejected the Clear Sky Sect because its elders’ infighting had disappointed him, and Lin Chuan confirmed that Tang Chen would not return unless they proved themselves worthy.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to form an alliance with Lin Chuan personally rather than with Shrek, explaining that he trusted Lin Chuan’s vision and long-term plans.

Lin Chuan formed an alliance with Ning Fengzhi, prompting the Clear Sky Sect elders and Yu Yuanzhen to reconsider how they could win his cooperation. The Clear Sky elders delayed offering their most precious forging manuals, while Yu Yuanzhen prepared to visit Lin Chuan personally.

• Lin Chuan and Ning Fengzhi clasped hands and agreed to an alliance.
• The Clear Sky Sect elders learned that Ning Fengzhi had visited Shrek Academy and feared losing Lin Chuan's favor to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• The Fifth Elder urged the First Elder to offer Lin Chuan the sect's forging manuals, and the First Elder chose three secret texts but delayed sending them.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Luomian that he would visit Lin Chuan to discuss cooperation, not to ask for anything.

Yu Yuanzhen visited Lin Chuan to discuss the continent's shifting political situation and seek an alliance with him. He offered the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's lightning-saturated valley as a place for body tempering, leaving Lin Chuan to consider what the clan could provide.

• Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Luomian to guard the clan while he went to meet Lin Chuan.
• Yu Yuanzhen arrived at Shrek Academy with Yu Xiaogang and asked Lin Chuan to take him to Lin Chuan.
• Yu Yuanzhen questioned Lin Chuan about the political situation, and Lin Chuan described the ambitions and weaknesses of Spirit Hall, the empires, and the upper sects.
• Yu Yuanzhen admitted that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan needed an ally and said he wanted to support Lin Chuan in times of crisis.
• Yu Yuanzhen offered the clan's lightning-filled valley as a valuable place to temper the body.

Lin Chuan accepted Yu Yuanzhen’s terms and secured access for himself, Tang San, and the girls to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s lightning treasure ground. As the group prepared to visit, Tang Chen decided to accompany Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, while the Clear Sky Sect’s elders sent over their secret manuals.

• Lin Chuan agreed to Yu Yuanzhen’s terms and asked to bring Tang San and the girls to the lightning treasure ground, and Yu Yuanzhen granted them unlimited access.
• At dinner, Lin Chuan explained the lightning ground’s dangers, and Tang San and the girls reacted to the prospect of body tempering.
• Tang Chen recalled his own youth spent tempering his body in a lightning valley and decided to go with Tang Hao the next day, bringing Tang Xiao along.
• Two days later, the Clear Sky Sect’s council of elders sent over the secret manuals, with Tang Long carrying the chest.

The Clear Sky Sect elders arrived at Shrek Academy to deliver a secret manual but found that Flender and the others had already left for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. At the clan, Yu Tianheng welcomed Lin Chuan and the group, and his conversation with Tang San renewed his resolve to train in the Thunder Pool.

• The First Elder and the other Clear Sky Sect elders found Flender’s note saying the group had gone to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then returned with their secret manual undelivered.
• Lin Chuan, Tang San, and the others arrived at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and admired its imposing compound.
• Yu Tianheng welcomed Lin Chuan and led the group toward their lodgings, reflecting on how far their strength had surpassed his.
• Tang San asked Yu Tianheng about the Thunder Pool, and Yu Tianheng said it had helped him break through two levels and improve his physical condition.
• Yu Tianheng asked Tang San about the widening gap between them; Tang San said the gap with Lin Chuan kept widening too, prompting Yu Tianheng to resolve to attempt the Thunder Pool’s second level the next day.

Yu Yuanzhen explained the three levels of the lightning pool and warned the group about its dangers. Yu Tianheng tried to cross into the second level but was struck back just short of the boundary.

• Yu Yuanzhen described the lightning pool's levels, their dangers, and the strength needed to endure them.
• Tang Chen shared how a similar treasured land had helped him advance, while Tang Xiao considered the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's secret realm.
• Yu Yuanzhen sent Yu Tianheng into the first level to set an example for Lin Chuan and the others.
• Yu Tianheng endured increasingly dense lightning as his Soul Power rapidly drained away.
• Yu Tianheng collapsed near the second-level boundary and was blasted backward by lightning before he could cross it.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling tested themselves in the lightning pool, with Dugu Yan reaching the boundary of the second level and Ye Lingling enduring a brief step into it through the Nine Heart Begonia’s healing. Tang Chen wondered whether Lin Chuan had conditioned Ye Lingling’s body, after seeing her unusual resilience and healing ability.

• Yu Tianheng returned to the group after failing to cross into the second level of the lightning pool.
• Dugu Yan used the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor’s venom mist to withstand the lightning and reached the first level’s boundary before turning back.
• Lin Chuan praised Dugu Yan’s improvement, and she blushed at his reference to their previous encounter.
• Ye Lingling used the Nine Heart Begonia to heal herself as she advanced through the first level and briefly stepped into the second.
• Tang Chen asked Tang Hao whether Ye Lingling’s body had been conditioned by Lin Chuan after observing her resilience and healing.

Tang San trained in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s Thunder Pool, reaching the middle of its second level before turning back. His ordeal pushed him from level sixty-six to level sixty-eight, while Lin Chuan secretly gained enough power to reach level sixty-nine.

• Tang San used the Purple Demon Eye to predict the lightning and steadily crossed the first level of the Thunder Pool.
• Tang San entered the second level, endured its dark-blue lightning, and turned back when he neared his limit.
• Tang Hao watched Tang San emerge, proud that his son had grown so strong.
• Tang San told Lin Chuan he was about to break through, then rose two levels to level sixty-eight.
• Lin Chuan secretly advanced to level sixty-nine, and Tang Chen vaguely sensed a change in his aura.